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"Pat Durkin" wrote: --------------------------------------------------------------------- [Image] It looks like there's a light illuminating the center of the flower! 8^)~~~~~~ Sue (remove x to email) ~~~~~~~~~ http://suzie-q-wacvet.com/ http://intergnat.com/malebashing/ |
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"Suzie-Q" wrote in message
... It looks like there's a light illuminating the center of the flower! 8^)~~~~~~ Sue These California begonias are radioactive Sue. -- Pat |
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"Pat Durkin" wrote: "Suzie-Q" wrote in message ... It looks like there's a light illuminating the center of the flower! These California begonias are radioactive Sue. Oh my. 8^\~~~~~~ Sue (remove x to email) ~~~~~~~~~ http://suzie-q-wacvet.com/ http://intergnat.com/malebashing/ |
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"Suzie-Q" wrote in message
... It looks like there's a light illuminating the center of the flower! These California begonias are radioactive Sue. Oh my. It's all true Sue. ) -- Pat |
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Begonia - Atrium 029
On 26/04/2012 11:01 AM, Pat Durkin wrote:
"Suzie-Q" wrote in message ... It looks like there's a light illuminating the center of the flower! These California begonias are radioactive Sue. Oh my. It's all true Sue. ) Don't sweat it, we're all radioactive. If you live a wood-frame house, you are usually the most radioactive object in it. A glass of single-malt whiskey will often register a little higher. The brick walls of a masonry house will register around the same as you, sometimes more. (1) The makezine blog (google it) has how-tos for making your own Geiger counter: http://blog.makezine.com/2012/01/16/...eiger-counter/ http://blog.makezine.com/2012/04/03/...eiger-counter/ (1) Interesting tid-bit: Isaac Asimov calculated that for humans in deep hibernation, the absolute maximum extent of interstellar travel at light speed is 20,000 light years. In 20,000 years the decaying K-40 (radioactive potassium) inside you will have have damaged your DNA so much that you won't survive when you wake up. Best, Wolf K. |
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Wolf K wrote: On 26/04/2012 11:01 AM, Pat Durkin wrote: "Suzie-Q" wrote in message ... It looks like there's a light illuminating the center of the flower! These California begonias are radioactive Sue. Oh my. It's all true Sue. ) Don't sweat it, we're all radioactive. If you live a wood-frame house, you are usually the most radioactive object in it. A glass of single-malt whiskey will often register a little higher. The brick walls of a masonry house will register around the same as you, sometimes more. (1) The makezine blog (google it) has how-tos for making your own Geiger counter: http://blog.makezine.com/2012/01/16/...eiger-counter/ http://blog.makezine.com/2012/04/03/...eiger-counter/ (1) Interesting tid-bit: Isaac Asimov calculated that for humans in deep hibernation, the absolute maximum extent of interstellar travel at light speed is 20,000 light years. In 20,000 years the decaying K-40 (radioactive potassium) inside you will have have damaged your DNA so much that you won't survive when you wake up. Best, Wolf K. Better cancel my trip, then. 8^(~~~~~~ Sue (remove x to email) ~~~~~~~~~ http://suzie-q-wacvet.com/ http://intergnat.com/malebashing/ |
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